Oct 4, 2021

All of the following single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) quality control procedures can be performed by the technologist EXCEPT:

Calibration, sensitivity/constancy, efficiency, chi-square, and energy resolution are quality control procedures performed to ensure proper operation of the:

A bone scan is scheduled to be performed with 25 mCi of Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate (MDP) at 12:30p.m. How much Tc-99m MDP should be placed in the syringe at 8:00a.m. on the same day?

The quality control procedure performed on the dose calibrator with all the dose configurations used in the nuclear medicine department is called:

As a result of a medical error, a dose of 0.25 Gy is delivered to the fetus during the early part of the first trimester of the pregnancy. Which of the following is the most likely clinical adverse outcome?

Co-57, Ge-68, and Ba-133 are sometimes called “mock” isotopes. Which of the following trios of isotopes do they imitate?

The minimum amount of energy needed to overcome the forces holding the atom together is called:

When performing daily intrinsic floods, a point source of Tc-99m is placed five crystal dimensions away and centered over the detector. A point source should produce a measured counting rate not greater than:

If a 15 mCi of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) dose is needed for positron emission tomography (PET) scan at 1:00p.m., how much activity should be prepared at 10a.m.?

Xe-133, used during a ventilation/perfusion (VQ) scan has a physical half-life of 5.3 days and biological half-life is 0.37 min. What is the effective half-life of Xe-133?